Does anyone know of any decent water proof bandages? Preferably one that is actually waterproof..
I'm in need of some, but from what I've been told most aren't exactly waterproof. 
I'm using Opsite Post-op at the moment. 9.5cm x 8.5cm.
[thats the size of the adhesive part- the absorbent dressing pad is roughly 32mm x 75mm]
Nearest thing I have seen to waterproof so far.
Not sure if they are meant to take the extremes of beach use- but last for a couple of showers before water works its way into the dressing.
Damn things are not cheap, around $5.50 each at a chemist, cheaper by the box of 3- but not much
Maybe bulk buy through ebay, or distributor- or find cute nurse to scrounge some from work for you.
stephen
Usual bandage followed by waterproof tape followed by taped on plastic bag kept in place with boogie, glove, wet shirt whatever for wereva injury is
Waterproof by itself......****E
Agree with sn, the post op ones are awesome. I've had ones that are supposed to fall off after a few days of showering and 2 weeks later you are drenching them and picking them off and they still tang a bit coming off.
One of them was after being fullof blood for days and the sticky still stucky 
One of those post opsite dressings is the go. one of them with blue luekoplast tape from chemist, a few wraps with that & it wont come off. water will still get though but not much. great for keeping cuts scrapes on feet together for a few hours sailing.
For cuts and stitches, you can't go past plastic skin. I dunno what it's branded as here, but it has gotta be in the shops.
It used to be in a spray can decades ago. I use it from a tube now, but bought o/s.
Yep, the post-op ones are the way to go.
We get reamed on the prices big time here. I bought box of 50 of the things for just over 30 bucks in Kenya. At your local unFriendlies that'll get you 6
If you are going to be having to do a lot of dressing changes also get some the solvent stuff for getting the bloody things off a bit easier.
Its starting to sound like the Seabreeze shop could be on a winner if it sold post-op bandages,
Seems like we have a few old seabreezers getting the obligatory shoulder-knee-elbow-brain replacements and overhauls.
[not pointing fingers at Mark or myself]
Then we have the regular supply of "oops this is gonna hurt" type incidents with the stuff seabreezers get up to.
Probably chuck in a lot of "Hold my beer and watch this" sort of stuff as well.
stephen
use spray-on dressing. (but it hurts a couple of seconds when you spray on your wound)
